page_title: Alewife (trade)
hierarchical_section_title: Alewife (trade)
caption_attribution_description: Mother Louse, alewife General Collections Keywords: Mother Louse, Alewife
context_page_description: Alewife, also brewess or brewster, is a historical term for a woman who brewed ale for commercial sale. See women in brewing.
context_section_description: Alewife, also brewess or brewster, is a historical term for a woman who brewed ale for commercial sale. See women in brewing.
caption: Mother Louse, a notorious alewife in Oxford during the mid 17th century, by David Loggan[1][2]
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